Elton John

Elton John is an English singer songwriter, composer, piano player, document producer, and occasional performer. He did with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter spouse since 1967; they have collaborated on over 30 albums to date.

In his five-decade career John has offered more than 300 million records, creating him among the best-promoting music artists in the entire world He’s over fifty Top-40 hits, including seven successive No. 1 US albums, fifty eight Billboard Top-40 singles, twentyseven Top 10 , four No. 2 and nine No. 1. For 3-1 straight years (1970–2,000) he has received at least one tune in the Billboard Hot 100 He has the most No. 1 hits on-us Adult Modern Graph (1-6 No. 1’s). His solitary Candle in the Wind 1997 offered over 33 million copies world-wide and is the best selling single of all time. He has acquired six Grammy Awards , five Brit Awards — winning two awards for Exceptional Contribution to Songs and the first Brits Icon in 2013, an Oscar , a Golden World Award , a Tony Award , a Disney Legend award, along with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. In 2004, Rolling Stone rated him Amount 49 on its listing of 100 powerful musicians of the stone age. In 2008, Billboard rated him the most effective male solo artist on The Billboard Hot 100 Best All Time Musicians (third general).

John was inducted in to the Stone Hall of Fame in 1994, is an inductee to the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame , and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors Having been named a Commander of the Purchase of the British Empire in 1996, John obtained a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II forsolutions to audio and not-for-profit services; in 1998. John has done in several royal occasions, including the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in 1997, the Celebration in the Palace in 2002 and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012.

He has been greatly active in the battle against HIV/AIDS because the late eighties. In 1992, he created the Elton John AIDS Foundation and also a year after started hosting the yearly Academy Award Celebration , which includes since grown into among the greatest-profile Oscar celebrations in the Hollywood movie industry. From way back its beginning, the inspiration has elevated over $200-million. John entered right into a civil partnership with David Furnish on 2 1 December 2005 and proceeds to be a winner for LGBT social actions world-wide and same sex marriage.